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|lshtext=<b>offendo</b>: di, [[sum]], 3, v. a. and n. obfendo.<br /><b>I</b> to [[hit]], [[thrust]], [[strike]], or [[dash]] [[against]] [[something]] (syn.: [[illido]], [[impingo]]; [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: offendere [[caput]] ad fornicem, Quint. 6, 3, 67: [[latus]] [[vehementer]], Cic. Clu. 62, 175: coxam, to [[hurt]] [[himself]] in the [[haunch]], Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720: [[solido]], [[against]] [[something]] [[solid]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 78: in scopulis offendit [[puppis]], strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22: in redeundo offenderunt, ran [[aground]], Caes. B. C. 3, 8: in cornua, Sol. 40: ne quem in cursu capite, aut [[cubito]], aut pectore offendam, aut [[genu]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2: [[visco]], id. Poen. 2, 37.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., to [[hit]] [[upon]], [[light]] [[upon]] a [[person]] or [[thing]], i. e. to [[come]] [[upon]], [[meet]] [[with]], [[find]] (syn.: [[deprehendo]], [[invenio]]): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: haec, cum ego a [[foro]] revortar, facite ut offendam parata, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30: [[paululum]] si cessassem, Domi non offendissem, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5: si te in plateā offendero hac [[post]] [[umquam]], periisti, id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31: imparatum te offendam, [[will]] [[come]] [[upon]] [[you]] unawares, [[will]] [[surprise]] [[you]], Cic. Fam. 2, 3: eundem bonorum sensum, id. ib. 1, 9, 17: [[nondum]] perfectum [[templum]] offendere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: omnia [[aliter]] ac jusserat offendit, id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[suffer]] [[damage]], [[receive]] an [[injury]]: [[quis]] est tam [[Lynceus]], qui in tantis tenebris [[nihil]] offendat, [[nusquam]] incurrat? Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2: in causis, id. de Or. 2, 74, 301: ad fortunam, Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., to [[stumble]], [[blunder]], [[make]] a [[mistake]], [[commit]] a [[fault]]; to [[commit]] an [[offence]], to be [[offensive]] (syn.: [[pecco]], [[delinquo]]): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent, Cic. Clu. 36, 98: [[sin]] [[quid]] offenderit, sibi totum, [[tibi]] [[nihil]] offenderit, id. Fam. 2, 18, 3: offendebant [[illi]] [[quidem]] [[apud]] gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant, gave [[offence]] to, id. Sest. 49, 105: se [[apud]] plebem offendisse de aerario, id. Att. 10, 4, 8: [[neque]] in eo [[solum]] offenderat, [[quod]], Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to [[offend]] [[against]] or [[violate]] the [[law]], Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to [[offend]], [[commit]] a [[sin]]: in multis [[enim]] offendimus omnes, Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be [[offensive]]: cum [[nihil]] aliud offenderit, Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—<br /> <b>C</b> To [[find]] [[fault]] [[with]], be displeased [[with]], [[take]] [[offence]] at [[any]] [[thing]]: at [[credo]], in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis, Caes. B. C. 2, 32: si in me aliquid offendistis, [[have]] taken [[any]] [[offence]] at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—<br /> <b>D</b> To [[fail]] in [[any]] [[thing]], i. e. to [[have]] a [[misfortune]], to be [[unfortunate]], [[meet]] [[with]] [[ill]] [[success]]: [[apud]] judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare, Cic. Clu. 23, 63: cum multi viri fortes offenderint, id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131: [[tamquam]] M. [[Atilius]] [[primo]] accessu ad Africam offenderit, i. e. met [[with]] a [[calamity]], Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. [[supra]].—Impers. [[pass]].: [[sin]] aliquid esset offensum, Cic. Fam. 1, 7: quoties culpā ducis esset offensum, [[might]] [[have]] met [[with]] a [[defeat]], Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.: nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo . . . in milibus passuum [[tribus]] offendi posset, id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.: at si [[valetudo]] ejus offendissit, failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—<br /> <b>E</b> To [[shock]], [[offend]], [[mortify]], [[vex]], [[displease]] one: me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4: tuam existimationem, id. ib. 3, 8, 7: neminem [[umquam]] non re, non verbo, non vultu [[denique]] offendit, id. Balb. 26, 59: [[offensus]] [[nemo]] contumeliā, id. Att. 6, 3, 3: ne offendam patrem, id. ib. 6, 3, 9: ut eos [[splendor]] offendat, id. Fam. 1, 7, 7: extinctum [[lumen]] [[recens]] offendit [[nares]], Lucr. 6, 791: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum, [[provoke]], Juv. 16, 24: polypodion offendit stomachum, disagrees [[with]], Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58: ne colorum [[claritas]] aciem oculorum offenderet, id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.—Pass., to be displeased, [[feel]] [[hurt]]: multis rebus [[meus]] offendebatur [[animus]], Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera), so [[that]] I am not offended at [[their]] [[being]] taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it [[ill]], if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin.—Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Offensive, [[odious]] (cf.: [[invisus]], [[odiosus]], [[infensus]]): miserum [[atque]] invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium! Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145: offensum et invisum esse alicui, id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the [[offence]]: offensum est [[quod]] eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit, Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—<br /> <b>B</b> Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered: [[offensus]] et alienatus [[animus]], Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7: aliena et [[offensa]] populi [[voluntas]], id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.—Comp.: quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2: quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse, id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.<br /><b>offendo</b>: ĭnis, f. 1. [[offendo]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[offence]], Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 ([[offendo]], [[offensio]], Non.). | |lshtext=<b>offendo</b>: di, [[sum]], 3, v. a. and n. obfendo.<br /><b>I</b> to [[hit]], [[thrust]], [[strike]], or [[dash]] [[against]] [[something]] (syn.: [[illido]], [[impingo]]; [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: offendere [[caput]] ad fornicem, Quint. 6, 3, 67: [[latus]] [[vehementer]], Cic. Clu. 62, 175: coxam, to [[hurt]] [[himself]] in the [[haunch]], Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720: [[solido]], [[against]] [[something]] [[solid]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 78: in scopulis offendit [[puppis]], strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22: in redeundo offenderunt, ran [[aground]], Caes. B. C. 3, 8: in cornua, Sol. 40: ne quem in cursu capite, aut [[cubito]], aut pectore offendam, aut [[genu]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2: [[visco]], id. Poen. 2, 37.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., to [[hit]] [[upon]], [[light]] [[upon]] a [[person]] or [[thing]], i. e. to [[come]] [[upon]], [[meet]] [[with]], [[find]] (syn.: [[deprehendo]], [[invenio]]): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: haec, cum ego a [[foro]] revortar, facite ut offendam parata, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30: [[paululum]] si cessassem, Domi non offendissem, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5: si te in plateā offendero hac [[post]] [[umquam]], periisti, id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31: imparatum te offendam, [[will]] [[come]] [[upon]] [[you]] unawares, [[will]] [[surprise]] [[you]], Cic. Fam. 2, 3: eundem bonorum sensum, id. ib. 1, 9, 17: [[nondum]] perfectum [[templum]] offendere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: omnia [[aliter]] ac jusserat offendit, id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[suffer]] [[damage]], [[receive]] an [[injury]]: [[quis]] est tam [[Lynceus]], qui in tantis tenebris [[nihil]] offendat, [[nusquam]] incurrat? Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2: in causis, id. de Or. 2, 74, 301: ad fortunam, Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., to [[stumble]], [[blunder]], [[make]] a [[mistake]], [[commit]] a [[fault]]; to [[commit]] an [[offence]], to be [[offensive]] (syn.: [[pecco]], [[delinquo]]): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent, Cic. Clu. 36, 98: [[sin]] [[quid]] offenderit, sibi totum, [[tibi]] [[nihil]] offenderit, id. Fam. 2, 18, 3: offendebant [[illi]] [[quidem]] [[apud]] gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant, gave [[offence]] to, id. Sest. 49, 105: se [[apud]] plebem offendisse de aerario, id. Att. 10, 4, 8: [[neque]] in eo [[solum]] offenderat, [[quod]], Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to [[offend]] [[against]] or [[violate]] the [[law]], Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to [[offend]], [[commit]] a [[sin]]: in multis [[enim]] offendimus omnes, Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be [[offensive]]: cum [[nihil]] aliud offenderit, Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—<br /> <b>C</b> To [[find]] [[fault]] [[with]], be displeased [[with]], [[take]] [[offence]] at [[any]] [[thing]]: at [[credo]], in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis, Caes. B. C. 2, 32: si in me aliquid offendistis, [[have]] taken [[any]] [[offence]] at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—<br /> <b>D</b> To [[fail]] in [[any]] [[thing]], i. e. to [[have]] a [[misfortune]], to be [[unfortunate]], [[meet]] [[with]] [[ill]] [[success]]: [[apud]] judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare, Cic. Clu. 23, 63: cum multi viri fortes offenderint, id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131: [[tamquam]] M. [[Atilius]] [[primo]] accessu ad Africam offenderit, i. e. met [[with]] a [[calamity]], Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. [[supra]].—Impers. [[pass]].: [[sin]] aliquid esset offensum, Cic. Fam. 1, 7: quoties culpā ducis esset offensum, [[might]] [[have]] met [[with]] a [[defeat]], Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.: nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo . . . in milibus passuum [[tribus]] offendi posset, id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.: at si [[valetudo]] ejus offendissit, failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—<br /> <b>E</b> To [[shock]], [[offend]], [[mortify]], [[vex]], [[displease]] one: me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4: tuam existimationem, id. ib. 3, 8, 7: neminem [[umquam]] non re, non verbo, non vultu [[denique]] offendit, id. Balb. 26, 59: [[offensus]] [[nemo]] contumeliā, id. Att. 6, 3, 3: ne offendam patrem, id. ib. 6, 3, 9: ut eos [[splendor]] offendat, id. Fam. 1, 7, 7: extinctum [[lumen]] [[recens]] offendit [[nares]], Lucr. 6, 791: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum, [[provoke]], Juv. 16, 24: polypodion offendit stomachum, disagrees [[with]], Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58: ne colorum [[claritas]] aciem oculorum offenderet, id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.—Pass., to be displeased, [[feel]] [[hurt]]: multis rebus [[meus]] offendebatur [[animus]], Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera), so [[that]] I am not offended at [[their]] [[being]] taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it [[ill]], if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin.—Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Offensive, [[odious]] (cf.: [[invisus]], [[odiosus]], [[infensus]]): miserum [[atque]] invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium! Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145: offensum et invisum esse alicui, id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the [[offence]]: offensum est [[quod]] eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit, Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—<br /> <b>B</b> Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered: [[offensus]] et alienatus [[animus]], Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7: aliena et [[offensa]] populi [[voluntas]], id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.—Comp.: quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2: quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse, id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.<br /><b>offendo</b>: ĭnis, f. 1. [[offendo]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[offence]], Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 ([[offendo]], [[offensio]], Non.). | ||
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|gf=<b>offendō</b>,⁸ fendī, fēnsum, ĕre (ob et inus. [[fendo]]), intr. et tr.<br /> <b>I</b> intr.,<br /><b>1</b> se heurter contre [avec dat.] : [[solido]] Hor. S. 2, 1, 78, se heurter contre du [[solide]] || abs<sup>t</sup>] se heurter, subir un heurt : in tenebris Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2, se heurter dans les ténèbres<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> achopper, subir un malheur : naves offenderunt Cæs. C. 3, 8, 2, les navires eurent un échec ; [[quotiens]] [[ducis]] [[vitio]] in exercitu esset offensum Cæs. C. 3, 72, 4 [ils oubliaient] combien de fois par la faute du chef une armée avait subi un échec, cf. Cæs. G. 6, 36, 2 ; [[multi]] viri fortes et [[terra]] et mari sæpe offenderunt Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 131, beaucoup d’hommes de guerre énergiques ont éprouvé des échecs et sur terre et sur mer ; [[quicquid]] offendit Sen. Ep. 81, 2, toute entreprise qui échoue ; [[fenus]] offendit Sen. Ep. 96, 1, mes rentes sont compromises ; <b> b)</b> broncher, commettre une faute : [[ipsi]] offenderunt, alios reprehendunt Cic. Clu. 98, eux-mêmes ont bronché, ils accusent autrui ; si [[quid]] offenderit, [[nihil]] [[tibi]] offenderit Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3, s’il manque sur qq. point, le manquement ne retombera pas sur toi ; [pass. impers.] si [[paulum]] [[modo]] in numeris offensum [[est]] Cic. de Or. 3, 196, s’il y a eu la moindre faute dans la métrique ; <b> c)</b> ne pas réussir, être malheureux : [[apud]] aliquem Cic. Sest. 105 ; Att. 10, 4, 8, n’avoir pas la faveur de qqn, mécontenter qqn ; <b> d)</b> éprouver un choc, être choqué, mécontent, offensé : [[quis]] venit, qui offenderet ? Cic. Att. 12, 40, 2, [[est]]-il qqn qui, venu me voir, ait été mécontent ? in [[aliquo]] Cic. Mil. 99 ; Cæs. C. 2, 32, 11, être mécontent de qqn, avoir qqch. à lui reprocher ; [pass. impers.] in poetæ cincinnis offenditur Cic. de Or. 3, 100, on [[est]] choqué, mécontent des frisures [du style trop orné] d’un poète, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 259.<br /> <b>II</b> tr.,<br /><b>1</b> heurter : aliquem [[genu]] Pl. Curc. 282, heurter qqn du genou || faire heurter : [[caput]] ad fornicem Quint. 6, 3, 67, donner de la tête contre la voûte ; [[latus]] [[vehementer]] offendit Cic. Clu. 175, il heurta son flanc (il se heurta le flanc) violemment<br /><b>2</b> trouver, rencontrer : si te [[hic]] offendero, moriere Enn. d. Cic. Rab. Post. 29, si je te rencontre ici, tu mourras, cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 ; [[nondum]] perfectum [[templum]] offenderant Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, ils avaient trouvé le temple encore inachevé ; [[omnia]] [[aliter]] offendit ac jusserat Cic. Rep. 1, 59, il trouva tout autrement qu’il n’avait ordonné, cf. Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3 ; Fam. 5, 17, 2 ; 9, 11, 1 ; 16, 10, 1<br /><b>3</b> choquer, blesser : [[nares]] Lucr. 6, 791, blesser l’odorat ; aciem oculorum Plin. 35, 97, blesser la vue<br /><b>4</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> porter atteinte à : existimationem alicujus Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7, blesser la réputation de qqn, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 117 ; <b> b)</b> choquer, mécontenter, offenser : quos offendit [[noster]] [[minime]] [[nobis]] [[injucundus]] [[labor]] Cic. Fin. 1, 3, ceux que mécontente le travail auquel je me livre [[non]] sans plaisir ; aliquem in [[aliqua]] re Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4, offenser qqn en qqch. ; aliquem [[aliqua]] re Cic. Balbo 59, offenser qqn par qqch. ; [[fortasse]] in eo ipso offendetur (Cæsar), [[cur]] [[non]] Romæ [[potius]] Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1, peut-être [[sera]]-t-il froissé précisément sur ce point : pourquoi pas plutôt à Rome ? [avec prop. inf.] componi [[aliquid]] de se, offendebatur Suet. Aug. 89, il n’aimait pas qu’on composât qqch. à sa louange. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
offendo: di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. obfendo.
I to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
I Lit.: offendere caput ad fornicem, Quint. 6, 3, 67: latus vehementer, Cic. Clu. 62, 175: coxam, to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720: solido, against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78: in scopulis offendit puppis, strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22: in redeundo offenderunt, ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8: in cornua, Sol. 40: ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2: visco, id. Poen. 2, 37.—
B Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30: paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5: si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti, id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31: imparatum te offendam, will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3: eundem bonorum sensum, id. ib. 1, 9, 17: nondum perfectum templum offendere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit, id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury: quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat? Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2: in causis, id. de Or. 2, 74, 301: ad fortunam, Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
B In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.: pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent, Cic. Clu. 36, 98: sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit, id. Fam. 2, 18, 3: offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant, gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105: se apud plebem offendisse de aerario, id. Att. 10, 4, 8: neque in eo solum offenderat, quod, Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin: in multis enim offendimus omnes, Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive: cum nihil aliud offenderit, Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
C To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing: at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis, Caes. B. C. 2, 32: si in me aliquid offendistis, have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
D To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success: apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare, Cic. Clu. 23, 63: cum multi viri fortes offenderint, id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131: tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit, i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.—Impers. pass.: sin aliquid esset offensum, Cic. Fam. 1, 7: quoties culpā ducis esset offensum, might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.: nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo . . . in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset, id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.: at si valetudo ejus offendissit, failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
E To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one: me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4: tuam existimationem, id. ib. 3, 8, 7: neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit, id. Balb. 26, 59: offensus nemo contumeliā, id. Att. 6, 3, 3: ne offendam patrem, id. ib. 6, 3, 9: ut eos splendor offendat, id. Fam. 1, 7, 7: extinctum lumen recens offendit nares, Lucr. 6, 791: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum, provoke, Juv. 16, 24: polypodion offendit stomachum, disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58: ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet, id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.—Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt: multis rebus meus offendebatur animus, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera), so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin.—Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
A Offensive, odious (cf.: invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium! Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145: offensum et invisum esse alicui, id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence: offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit, Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
B Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered: offensus et alienatus animus, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7: aliena et offensa populi voluntas, id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.—Comp.: quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2: quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse, id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
offendo: ĭnis, f. 1. offendo,
I an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
offendō,⁸ fendī, fēnsum, ĕre (ob et inus. fendo), intr. et tr.
I intr.,
1 se heurter contre [avec dat.] : solido Hor. S. 2, 1, 78, se heurter contre du solide
